India Women run roughshod over Proteas
India Women ran rampant and ended their tour to South Africa with a 54 run victory over the Proteas at Newlands to clinch the T20I series.
South Africa won the toss and elected to field first but Mithali Raj quickly gave India the upper hand.
Smirti Mandhana contributed 13 to an opening partnership of 32 with Raj before Marizanne Kapp had the former caught.
Tennaged batsman Jemimah Rodrigues hit a career best 44 including two sixes and three fours while Raj blasted her way to 62 off 64 balls.
Raj and Rodrigues fell within an over of each other with the slog on but Harmanpreet Kaur (27*) and Veda Krishnamurthy (8*) saw India to an imposing 166/4 on a cloudy day in Cape Town.
The chase was never going to be easy but it was made that much harder when South Africa lost power hitter Lizelle Lee (3) and Sune Luus (5) immediately after Skipper Dane van Niekerk had lofted one to mid on to give Rumeli Dhar her first wicket for India in nearly six years.
Middle order cameos from Marizanne Kapp (27) and Chloe Tryon (25) were not enough to even get the Proteas close with India’s bowlers as rampant as their batsmen had been.
Dhar (3/26), Shikha Pandey (3/16) and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (3/26) accounted for all but one of the Proteas wickets with Poonam Yadav’s dismissal of Shabnim Ismail (8) the exception.
India win the series 3-1 after sealing a 2-1 win in the ODI series earlier this month.
Latest
-
County CricketRacism in cricket: Azeem Rafiq staggered despite Middlesex chair’s apology for comments
Mike O’Farrell appeared to make generalisations at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee hearing.
-
County CricketAzeem Rafiq criticises Mike O’Farrell’s comments on lack of diversity in cricket
O’Farrell addressed the DCMS committee on Tuesday morning.
-
EnglandKick It Out to work with ECB to tackle discrimination issues in cricket
Cricket has been hit hard by allegations of racism levelled by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq and others within the last year.
-
EnglandColin Graves told to ‘put up or shut up’ over role of family trust at Yorkshire
The DCMS committee has expressed concerns after it was alleged the Trust had blocked the removal of board members at the county.
-
Women's CricketEngland’s Kate Cross thinks the women’s game is ‘ready for five days of cricket’
England are 4-2 behind in the multi-format series after Australia won the opening T20 and the subsequent two were washed out.
-
Test cricketAustralia tour to Pakistan: Full-strength squad set to be announced
Australia are set to announce a full-strength squad for the tour of Pakistan scheduled for March.
-
ODI cricketProteas news: Temba Bavuma keen to focus on cricket, not backroom issues
South Africa limited-overs captain Temba Bavuma is eager to focus on his side’s performances on the field, rather off-field problems.
-
T20 cricketAustralia news: New-look squad announced for Sri Lanka T20s – Marsh and Warner out
Both David Warner and Mitchell Marsh have been left out of Australia’s squad to take on Sri Lanka in a T20 series next month.
-
T20 cricketEngland’s Reece Topley: Injury battle has given me ‘unique’ perspective
Topley says he is not fazed by ‘pressure scenarios’.
-
Test cricketWomen’s Test cricket: Katherine Brunt calls for reforms to the longest format
England’s Women go into their Test against Australia trailing in the multi-format series.